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Name "Mieczyslaw" Help on background please!

DanaThreads: 2 Posts: 1 Joined: Oct 10, 07	Edited by: Moderator Oct 10, 07, 16:57 / #
Hi guys! I am new to the forum & am wondering if you can help me. My father's name is Mieczyslaw Zak. He emmigrated to the U.S. from Germany w/ his family at age 5. He maintains that Mieczyslaw is a German name & that it means Micheal. But my mother (who is 1/2 Italian, 1/4th French & 1/4th British. No Polish blood on her side, sorry. lol.) assures me that Mieczyslaw is a Polish name. Is it? My dad would never admit it if it was. My grandma also used to call my dad something that sounded like Mek-tek, which again he said was Mike, the name that he uses in the US. So what do you think? Is he right or is my mother right? Sadly, my grandmother has since passed, so I can't ask her. I asked my aunt (his sis) & she said we go back to Bohimians?? Any insight is appreciated! Please read rules regarding topic titles

WroclawThreads: 76 Posts: 7,418 Joined: Apr 1, 06 [Moderator]	Oct 10, 07, 17:04 / #
Trust your mother.

Arkady	Oct 10, 07, 17:17 / #
Mieczyslaw is indeed a polish name, however slightly artificial as it appeared in polish in the Middle Ages as an erroneous interpretation of slavic Miecislaw. Mietek is a diminutive form of Mieczyslaw.

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